his exact job that the movement i treatment in 2004. >> scientist in charge of the yellowstone volcano observatoryorter: the bbc film "super volcano" envisioned mass volcanic devastation. that starts, yes, at yellowstone. >>> have you seen the super volcano movie? >> i have, and it's entertaining. it was fun when i wasn't in this job. >> reporter: but now his job includes explaining that yellowstone is in no condition to erupt in any of our lifetimes. >> and when i say no, there's not any sign that the volcano is awakening, oftentimes people say to me, that's exactly what the guy in the movie said. of course, it's a movie. >> reporter: in fact, poland's take away withot world ending pandemic is that block buster style dangers might just be distractions. >> i guess iry more about a volcanic eruption that's lower on the scale but massive. those sorts of eruptions are more likely to happen on human life scales. or small asteroid, or a pandemic not dissimilar to what we just lived through. we don't tend to focus on those because they're not as sexy in terms of their devastation. but they're much more